Title: Bully
Author: Penelope Douglas
Series: Fall Away #1
Pages: 333
Genre: Bully Romance
Rating: ★★
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My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak to me.
But he still won't leave me alone.
We were best friends once. Then
he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him.
But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back.
I'm not going to let him bully me anymore.
Review
Without doing any research, I feel like this is Penelope Douglas's debut novel. There is no absolute way that this isn't their first book. (Just researched and it is)
Bully follows our main character Tate who allows everyone to talk crap about her and doesn't stick up for herself at all. Pretty sure her "bully" is named Jared, AKA her childhood best friend. He starts all kinds of rumors about her so no one will date her because she is his? Doesn't make much sense to me.
Knowing that it takes place in high school... that absolutely killed the vibes for me. I have read Punk 57 and loved it. But these characters seem so young and immature. They should all be grounded and put in the corner.
Honestly, the bullying was not what I expected. I thought we were actually going to get bullying. This was a book filled with name calling and cheap made up rumors. I wanted this book to be dark. I wanted this book to be juicy. Instead, it's high school ✨ drama✨
I love Penelope Douglas, I truly do. This book just was not it and I probably would not pick up the rest in this series...
Also really hated all of the bands being mentioned in here. They had to make sure we knew that Tate was not like other girls.
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